Vaulting our ceiling means removing the attic and almost all our roof’s supports, then constructing new beefy structures composed of concrete, enormous wood beams, and an incredible quantity of nails. All done by 3 guys. No big deal, right?

After painstakingly insulating our walls, Chris to turned his attention to something even harder — insulating the vaulted ceiling. By the time he is through with the retrofit, our ceiling will have 10 distinct layers and be 17 inches thick. Wowza.